

John Kane-Berman
John Kane-Berman, a graduate of Wits and Oxford (where he was a Rhodes Scholar), is a former CEO of the IRR. Prior to that he spent ten years in journalism, where he was senior assistant editor of the Financial Mail and South African correspondent for numerous foreign papers. He is the author of several books on South African politics, and has also published his memoirs.
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Climate: fake news and false alarms fuel the frenzy
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Oct 12, 2020
Once upon a time there was a British newspaper that believed in free markets and limited government. Not any more. The Economist now favours ‘re-wiring’

Climate: fake news and false alarms fuel the frenzy
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Oct 12, 2020
Once upon a time there was a British newspaper that believed in free markets and limited government. Not any more. The Economist now favours ‘re-wiring’

‘Time for us all to pull together.’ Really?
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Oct 5, 2020
Last week Cyril Ramaphosa declared that it was now time for us all to ‘pull together and grow South Africa’. He and his colleagues have

‘Time for us all to pull together.’ Really?
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Oct 5, 2020
Last week Cyril Ramaphosa declared that it was now time for us all to ‘pull together and grow South Africa’. He and his colleagues have

Racism at Princeton: now you see it, now you don’t
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Sep 28, 2020
Dear oh dear, what a pretty kettle of fish! In October last year Princeton put out a press statement announcing that the university was ‘extremely

Racism at Princeton: now you see it, now you don’t
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Sep 28, 2020
Dear oh dear, what a pretty kettle of fish! In October last year Princeton put out a press statement announcing that the university was ‘extremely

Clicks: Losing all sense of proportion
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Sep 21, 2020
That the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) should have seized upon the Clicks hair advertisement to showcase their propensity for violence was only to be expected.

Clicks: Losing all sense of proportion
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Sep 21, 2020
That the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) should have seized upon the Clicks hair advertisement to showcase their propensity for violence was only to be expected.

Media hostility must not now throw the DA off course
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Sep 14, 2020
Nobody should be surprised that the recent decision of the Democratic Alliance (DA) to reject race as a means of classifying people has attracted so

Some neat rejoinders to the modern-day McCarthyism of the Left
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Sep 7, 2020
How about that? Several media outlets are outraged at the announcement last month by Facebook that it will remove ‘dangerous’ material put up by ‘anarchist